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A great opportunity has arisen for a Research Assistant to join the MTRC's Fibrosis Research Group. Visit jobs.aru.ac.uk/vacancy/resear… for further information.

Join us tomorrow from 13.00-14.00 for Dr Alice Lapthorn's online presentation, "Using phenotypic screening to find new drugs to combat hypertrophic scarring". Contact [email protected] for the link.

Please join us in welcoming MTRC's Prof Wei Chen from the University of Texas at Arlington, who will be presenting 'New generation of sensitizers for photodynamic therapy – deeper and better', from 13.00-14.00 on Wed 2nd March on Teams. Contact [email protected] for details

Join us online tomorrow from 13.00-14.00 when Prof Wei Chen from the University of Texas at Arlington will be presenting his research on "New Generation of Sensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy – Deeper and Better". Contact [email protected] for details.

Join us online from 1-2 next Wednesday when MTRC's Dr Jasmine Samvelyan presents her research, "Characterisation of growth plate dynamics in models of osteoarthritis". Contact [email protected] for details.

We're delighted to confirm that Dr Marcus Ilg will be presenting his research, "Deciphering key aspects of myofibroblast biology to understand and target fibrosis", online from 13.00-14.00 on Wednesday 30th March. Contact [email protected] for details.

MTRC members Prof Cellek, Prof Pierscionek, Prof Najlah and Prof Parris are presenting at the Making Pharmaceuticals conference next week!

Join us tomorrow from 13.00-14.00 when Dr Clett Erridge will be presenting a free online seminar entitled, 'Burgers, bacteria and heart disease'. Contact [email protected] for the link.

As part of the MTRC Seminar Series, Dr Stephen Hughes will be presenting his research “Heavy Breathing: the use of accelerometers and strain gauges for measuring respiratory rate”, online from 13.00-14.00 on Wednesday 11th May. Contract [email protected] for the Teams link.

Join us from 1-2pm tomorrow for the last MTRC seminar of the academic year! Prof Barbara Pierscionek and Prof Mohammad Najlah join forces to present “Nanomedicines: for cancer and cataract therapies”. Contact [email protected] for details!

Congratulations Dr Marcus Ilg for being awarded a grant from the Biochemical Society to undertake a project titled ‘Development of a phenotypic screening assay to discover neoadjuvant treatments to prevent metastasis’. This is a great achievement!

ARU's MTRC are delighted to announce that their first annual conference will take place on the Chelmsford campus on Wednesday 7th September 2022. For further details and to register, visit eventbrite.co.uk/e/mtrc-1st-ann…

Congratulations to Sophie Harding, one of our PhD students, who presented her research at Pharmacology 2022. Her abstract “Mechanism of Action of Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors in Preventing Human Myofibroblast Transformation” was selected as a Flash Poster presentation.

42% of deaths in developed countries are due to some kind of fibrotic disease yet treatment options are limited. Prof Selim Cellek will explain more at his lecture titled “Fighting Fibrosis” on 13th October 7:30pm. aru.ac.uk/community-enga…

ARU is delighted to be hosting the brilliant Science Festival again this year from 12-18 October on our Chelmsford campus! Come and join us for a range of fantastic events and activities! See what's on and book your FREE tickets at aru.ac.uk/events

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New publication from the Fibrosis Research Group in the European Journal of Pharmacology! "Phenotypic screening identifies hydroxypyridone anti-fungals as novel medicines for the prevention of hypertrophic scars" can be accessed using the following link: doi.org/10.1016/j.ejph…

Huge congratulations to Dr Alice Lapthorn from the Fibrosis Research Group at ARU's Medical Technology Research Centre, who has been selected as a finalist in the 2023 STEM for Britain competition. Alice will present her research at the House of Commons at the beginning of March.

Join MTRC's Musculoskeletal & Developmental Biology Research Group from 15.00-16.00 on Wednesday 15th March, when Dr Simon Bowles from Sheffield Hallam University will present 'Vitamin D & Obesity'. Contact [email protected] for details.

Dr Marcus Ilg's article was chosen as a runner up in the 2023 Early Career Pharmacology writing competition. 'Time heals all wounds, but what if the healing never stops? An exploration of drug discovery in fibrosis' is available to read and share: lnkd.in/eqmxAFGv